When John Thaw, star of The Sweeney and Inspector Morse, died from cancer in 2002, a nation lost one of its finest actors Sheila Hancock lost a beloved husband In this unique double biography she chronicles their lives - personal and professional, together and apart When they married in 1974, Sheila was already the star of the TV series The Rag Trade and went on to become the first woman artistic director at the RSC Theirs was a sometimes turbulent, always passionate relationship, and Sheila describes their love - weathering overwork and the pressures of celebrity, drink and cancer - with honesty and piercing intelligence